2019-2020 World Sevens Series

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Full time: New Zealand 40 - 12 England

Still room for improvement, but a good game from the BF7s.

The AB7s are next at 8.36pm against Canada.

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AB7s lead 19 - 0 at half time.

Two tries scored by Rayasi. Joe Webber has been very good in this first half.

[Bones]

Webber, Rayasi and Ware looking sharp. NMB looks to have put on a bit of size eh.

Eerily reminiscent of the ABs with just perpetual ball movement. Really don't like our propensity to compound infringements on defence though.

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Full time: New Zealand 33 - 7 Canada

Another good game. A bit messy at the end, but the defence held.

The game against Samoa (2.28am) is going to decide who finishes on top in this pool, with Samoa also having won both it's first two games.

The BF7s will play their next game against France at 1.02am. France is going to be a more difficult opponent and that will also be a battle for the top spot in the pool.

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[Machpants]

Vid won' tplay for me. Not sure if it is ISP purposely sucking my internet to make me go (soon to be available) fibre!

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The BF7s lead 14 - 7 at half time. Exciting game to watch!

Tui injured?

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Two great french tries and the BFs are trailing 14 - 19!

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And that's the final score. The BF7s have lost to France before; they're always a tough opponent. But what a game!

The BF7s will meet Fiji in the Cup QF tomorrow at 7.28pm.

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Half time: NZ 14 - 7 Samoa

Great, entertaining game. Both sides playing well. Knewstubb standing out in the first half.

[Bones]

Geez these commentators are awful. Everyone in the Samoa team is Alosio (unless it's Perez). Molia is Solia. And as for "just like toothpaste, always shines" - YUCK.

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Great try from Knewstubb.

[Bones]

That was awesome from Knewstubb, bossing this game after seeming a bit off in the first game. Samoan tries to run straight at him and Knewstubb strips it immediately and saunters the 10m to the tryline.

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I expected a closer contest, but it looks like Samoa was only competitive for one half.

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Full time: New Zealand 40 - 7 Samoa

The AB7s finish first in their pool. They'll play the second ranked team in pool B (Australia or USA) in the Cup QF at 8.36pm tomorrow.

[Bones]

More shit commentating. Keep going on about how much Fiji need to win by and that they really need to get scoring to get there. Surely they need to win first you morons? They're trailing France at half time.

[Bones]

Fiji knocked out of the cup. Argentina and France go through.

[Bones]

Terrible refereeing shafts England and South Africa top their pool.

[Higgins]

The Fijians were on the wrong end of a lopsided penalty count aganst the Argies who managed to score a try in injury time of the second half to win as Fiji had a player in the bin (the second carding against them!)

Having said that what is happeneing in the bowl division with what looks like the bottom eight teams having just the one match on the final day. Seems starnge to spread the tournament out by a day but chop the best part of half a dozen games from the bowl not to mention straight knock out in the cup division with the losers of the quarter finals heading to the aftermatch function with no more games.

Presumably this reduction must be because of the inclusion of a womans division? Surely they can use two fields to ensure the continuation of the programme what we have become accustomed to over the years.